This Gundam Anime Is Gay, No Matter What Its Owners Say
The Witch From Mercury, the latest entry in the long-running Gundam franchise, not only features the series’ first lead female protagonist, but also proudly centers a queer romance. In Gundam. So when Bandai Namco Filmworks recently tried to distance the series from its queer connections, fans were understandably furious, and pointed to a history of queer-coded anime being stifled by corporations attempting to uphold a cultural status quo. It delivered a clear and very queer ending for Suletta and Miorine, to the delight of fans.
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Gundam Iron Blooded Orphans: IBO has a gay couple, which is incredibly rare in Gundam. That may have drawn some fans. In addition, this is a show about people who were cast out. In fact, one particularly important scene may be where Tekkedan is on earth, and Mika's implants are seen as "disturbing". Or an artificial leg. Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury rights holder Bandai Namco Filmworks is now under scrutiny for possibly erasing queer representation in the popular anime. The Witch from Mercury is a mecha anime that follows a Gundam pilot named Suletta Mercury who attends an ultra-elite military school for mecha pilots and mechanics. Gundam Is Gay And Not Just Subtextually Anymore
This is even though Gundam: The Witch from Mercury is not the first Gundam series to feature an LGBT relationship or LGBT characters. 's Turn A Gundam and 's Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans both feature young gay men in their casts, Guin Sard Lineford and Yamagi Glimerton, respectively. This past weekend The Witch From Mercury brought a surprisingly rapid-fire end to the latest Gundam show—and in one of its most satisfying moves, finally delivered on the sapphic love story it set up from the get-go. But crucially above all, in doing so she dissipates the Gundams themselves, from her own suit to the Aerial that houses the Data Storm soul of her sister Eri , breaking them down at a molecular level so that their powers can never be used or exploited again. LGBT Representation in Gundam
Bandai Namco issued a statement on Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury that walked back a lesbian relationship. The quote has sparked controversy among its LGBTQ+ fans. Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury is pretty gay and while this revelation may have been a cause for some celebration, it's also not the most surprising discovery. Ever since Char and Amuro's time , the franchise's melodramatic writing has produced scenes that, on a subtextual level, feel heavily queer, but few are as direct and bold as this premiere. Witch From Mercury‘s Finale Made One of Gundam‘s Most
The reactions to the new Gundam series, The Witch From Mercury, make this the ideal time to discuss queer media analysis in anime. Not set in the primary continuity of the Universal Century, but instead in the original Ad Stella timeline, G-Witch tells the story of a dystopian future ruled by mega-corps, where Gundams are outlawed, and tension between "Spacians" and "Earthians" has them on the brink of war. The series immediately caught fans' attention for being the first Gundam series with a female protagonist, Suletta Mercury, but online discussion exploded when the first episode was released, and ended with Suletta and her co-protagonist, Miorine Rembran, getting engaged. 
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Viewers are wondering if two Gundam GQuuuuuuX characters, Machu and Nyaan, are gay. The series isn’t a stranger to LGTBQ relationships, though it tends to dance around the topic. .
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Mobile Suit Gundam is back with a new TV series, and to little surprise, it is a banger. The franchise teased the release of The Witch From Mercury earlier this year with a prologue, and the show. . 
Gundam Walks Back On Major LGBTQ+ Milestone, Bandai Namco
Gundam is a franchise about giant robots to many, but one of its oldest non-mecha hallmarks had its queer subtexts made text in Witch From Mercury 's finale. .